Outwitting Dad

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Outwitting Dad
Directed byArthur Hotaling
Written byFrank Griffin
Produced byLubin Manufacturing Company
StarringBilly Bowers
Oliver Hardy
Release date
  • April 21, 1914 (1914-04-21)
Running time
10 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent

Outwitting Dad is a lost 1914 American comedy film that featured Oliver Hardy's first onscreen appearance. The master negatives and original print for this short were destroyed in a vault fire at the Lubin Manufacturing Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 13, 1914.[1][2]

Cast[]

  • Billy Bowers as Mr. Gross
  • Oliver Hardy as Reggie Kewp (credited as O.N. Hardy)
  • Raymond McKee as Bob Kewp
  • Frances Ne Moyer as Lena Gross

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "100th Anniversary of Oliver Hardy's First Screen Appearance". Richard Edwards. June 21, 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
  2. ^ Dye, Phillip (July 14, 2020). "Lost Cleopatra: A Tale of Ancient Hollywood". BearManor Media – via Google Books.

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